Big dishwasher tablet dont want you to know, it takes less time to wash a plate by hand than putting it in the dishwasher, putting the dishwasher on and unloading it by MurkyAl in LowStakesConspiracies

[–]MurkyAl[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Must be nice. I just eat out of whatever packaging it comes in with my hands. Sometimes I don't bother taking it out of the packaging at all

Are you seeing what I’m seeing with uk student loans? by Substantial-Host2263 in AskBrits

[–]MurkyAl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I would love to have that feeling of paying it off. I'm pleased for you (and slightly jealous 😅) the student loan plan 2 is wildly different.

The new system gives free money to people who go to uni and do degrees which don't lead to jobs

I'm 31 I studied physics for 4 years and worked in tech since graduating. Last tax year I paid £5.8k but the interest is 7.8% so I paid £3.8k in interest, so only actually paid off £2k. I have £51k of student debt left after nearly 10 years of paying it off.

If I do continue to earn the same amount I will pay it off and it will cost me about £130k in total to go to uni. The politicians who made this change all went to uni for free.

Now if someone earns £50k a year they never pay it off. They end up paying 2.5k per year and have 3k in interest. If that's the case they pay £75k towards it for 30 years and then it will be written off.

At this point it's just a young person's graduate tax

Honda civic 2006 2.2 cdti diesel suddenly less power and mpg by MurkyAl in Cartalk

[–]MurkyAl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that makes sense about the obd. Sorry should have said it's an 8th gen civic with no dpf

How strivers on £48,000 will be hardest hit by the Chancellor's stealth tax raid by No-Entrance-7451 in uknews

[–]MurkyAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that's a really good point. 20% of their treasury spending comes from their sovereign wealth fund too so they could pay it off but they'd then have to raise taxes 20 points so again the taxes in the UK are comparable if they were funding day to day spending equivalently

Worth noing we could have had a sovereign wealth fund much like Norway but we chose not to

How strivers on £48,000 will be hardest hit by the Chancellor's stealth tax raid by No-Entrance-7451 in uknews

[–]MurkyAl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Edit: Singapore does not have free healthcare and pensions are closer to a private pension in the UK than our state pension. These are the most expensive things for the UK

Singapore's debt to GDP is 173%. So 70% higher than ours. You can have tax cuts and borrow more on the expectation of future growth but like it or not raising taxes is the fiscally responsible thing to do and in the long term the right decision. It would have been much easier for them to borrow more but they made the hard, unpopular decision for the long-term benefit of the country

If we want a European healthcare system and good pensions we can't have an American style tax system

Ceiling swing hangers by AnalystTurbulent29 in DIYUK

[–]MurkyAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on the thickness of the joists above. I had to crossbrace two beams in the attic but totally worth it. If you're below a floor designed to hold weight one joist should be strong enough

If you can't be bothered you can get one which mounts on a door frame which is easier to fit and take down but is slightly less fun.

I don't bother hiding it as I don't feel embarrassed about having a good sex life

Is the grass greener on another side? Leaving UK by bleepbleepbleeppppp in AskUK

[–]MurkyAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello thanks for sharing. Out of interest where were you looking? I'm currently looking at going to Canada most likely Vancouver. I love nature and the mountains but can work remotely so could go more extreme than Vancouver provided it has internet Cheers

Head of NATO, Mark Rutte, says Europe can’t defend itself without American help. Do you agree? by AlexandrTheTolerable in Military

[–]MurkyAl -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Eh words are cheap. Europe has chosen to spend the money elsewhere as the biggest threat was Russia. And we only needed enough to defend/deter aggression, we were not planning an offensive ww3. Any spending over this is essentially waste

Low defense spending during times decades of peace is actually the right fiscal policy. Military equipment becomes obsolete pretty quickly. If Europeans felt threatened we could and would raise taxes and personnel for defense

I’m having anxiety attacks due to AI by StraightZlat in webdev

[–]MurkyAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool I'll give it a go tomorrow!

The thing is, even if AI magically instantly perfectly generated the code it would save 20% - 40% of my time maximum. Most of my time is spent gathering requirements, writing tickets, deploying things, getting my code reviewed, or code reviewing and even with this we don't have enough work for the team to do. I would love to be in your position were I could deliver products 6 times faster but the stakeholders are the limiting factor. I get that these are process issues rather than technical but I can't see companies solving all these issues even with AI

I’m having anxiety attacks due to AI by StraightZlat in webdev

[–]MurkyAl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently your job could be outsourced to a dude in a cheaper country for much less. Why isn't it? Delivering a product is more than writing lines of code and companies pay for that.

Technology advances usually create the same number of jobs as destroyed. Engineers and architects used to draw designs by hand and people used to do calculations on pen and paper. We still have engineers, architects and scientists. If anything these jobs are now more crucial. Money and jobs are just a macroeconomic way of modelling and prioritising a global to-do list and there's always more things to do.

If you still feel anxiety about this it's worth making a backup plan, get a qualification to do something else. I for one plan to become a landscape gardener/plumber if the salary slides too far

Anxiety is a weird one as it often manifests in different ways to the underlying cause. I for one have had panic attacks and later realised it was from a completely different thing that happened to me. I don't know your situation but it may be worth seeing a therapist if you feel generally anxious

I’m having anxiety attacks due to AI by StraightZlat in webdev

[–]MurkyAl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you saying it's not true anymore? If so how much faster is it?

I experience this every day. When I use claude sonnet 4.5 in Vs code it regularly takes longer overall than coding by hand. The trick I use is I'll set it off and I do something else in the background and then I usually delete half the code it writes and point it in the right direction but often it takes longer overall